Minister Yue looked at his wife and asked with some curiosity.

Princess Yong'an nodded.

"I took Fang Mu to see the Queen Mother and explained everything clearly. I thought that even if the Queen Mother really wanted to favor the Crown Prince and His Majesty, she would eventually do something now that the truth is before her eyes. But the Queen Mother just said that it was not good for me, a woman, to interfere in politics and asked me to return home as soon as possible."

Princess Yong'an sighed. Having been raised by the empress dowager since she was a child, she always understood the empress dowager's thoughts.

But this time, Princess Yong'an was also a little confused.

"The Queen Mother also wants to protect the Prince?"

It can be seen from this that many people in the court do not want anything to happen to the Crown Prince, and if they want to make a fuss about what happened in Jiangnan, it would be extremely difficult.

Princess Yong'an sighed.

"The Crown Prince has indeed done absurd things over the years. The Emperor and the Queen Mother have warned him more than once, but he has never shown any signs of restraint. I thought the Queen Mother and Your Majesty would eventually put up some resistance to him, but I never thought that all this was just my wishful thinking."

Princess Yong'an saw that the Queen Mother was not very close to the Crown Prince, so she dared to report this matter to the Queen Mother.

But I didn't expect that the Queen Mother would change her mind and protect the Prince so much that she even ignored his actions.

Minister Yue sighed, "Forget it, there is a long way to go, and this is not just a short time, go home early."

The harem is where the Queen Mother lives.

The Queen Mother looked at His Majesty, who had hurried over after the morning court session, with a bad look on her face. "Emperor, don't forget what you promised me. The Crown Prince's behavior is indeed absurd. If Yong'an hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't have known that the Crown Prince would behave like this..."

"There must be a misunderstanding here. Please, Queen Mother, let me investigate it carefully."

"What do you want to check? I'm asking you, what do you want to check?"

The empress dowager frowned. There was a letter handed to her on the table. Although it was written by Princess Yong'an, the content was exactly the same as the letter Your Majesty had received. It was obviously copied.

"Yong'an entered the palace, and the person standing next to him was a palace guard, and he was also the prince's confidant, who had been with him since he was born. Even if you and I don't believe what he said, don't people in the world believe it?"

The Queen Mother looked at him and said, "When you sat down to concentrate power, no one wanted to talk to you about it, but now they have grown up successfully. No matter what, you have harmed people so openly, and one day you will suffer the consequences."

"What the Queen Mother means is... that she thinks these things are all because of my will at the Crown Prince's request, which is why the Crown Prince did so?"

"What else? Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Why did the Shen family end up with only that one orphan girl overnight? Why did you ignore her for so many years? You said it in a nice way, giving her a third-rank official position, but the Shen family girl still holds an official title."

If she really had an official position, let alone the grievances she suffered in her husband's family, Shen Yuerong could travel freely in this world.

The emperor was speechless after hearing the empress dowager's words. After all, these were indeed his negligence.

"The prince is now old enough to start a family and career. It is time for the queen to find a suitable marriage for him so that he can understand the responsibilities he should bear as a husband and a son."

The emperor naturally did not expect that the first thing the empress dowager wanted to do was to arrange a marriage for the crown prince.

"I understand. I will have someone arrange it."

The Empress Dowager sighed, "Before leaving Beijing, the girl from the Shen family came to see me and even met the Queen. The old grudges should end here. I think she is a good girl, so let's do what we have to do."

"I understand."

Now that you are an emperor over fifty years old, you dare not disobey the Empress Dowager.

"You go. Jike will send someone to Jiangnan to bring the prince and Miss Shen back to the capital. You have to send someone yourself! It's best to find someone of high status, so that no matter who asks about it in the future, you will have an explanation."

"I understand."

The emperor left the empress dowager's palace after he finished speaking. The empress dowager sighed as she watched the emperor leave. "Send a few people to secretly protect them. No matter what happens along the way, we must ensure that they are safe and arrive in Beijing safely."

"Yes, I understand."

The emperor returned to Xuan Zheng Hall and happened to meet the empress who came looking for him.

"His Majesty."

"I know why you are here. The Crown Prince has brought this upon himself. The Queen Mother has called me over to give her a lecture and confined me to the palace. This is to let him know what he can and cannot do."

"Your Majesty, what the Crown Prince did was indeed a bit excessive, but he was also thinking about the world from the beginning to the end. Moreover, he knew nothing about the fact that the prince and Miss Shen were trapped in Jiangnan. It was all the stupidity of his subordinates. This cannot be blamed on him."

"Can't he control the people under his command?"

The emperor looked at the queen and said, "Don't think that because you did something for me, I will tolerate you and your son for the rest of your life."

There is a lot of meaning behind what happened back then.

But the Queen is not a person with clean hands.

"I have already decided on the Crown Prince's punishment, and I will never change it. Queen, instead of wasting your time with me, why don't you try to persuade the Crown Prince?"

He looked at the Queen. The Prince's thoughts were too easy to guess, so he knew exactly what he wanted.

The queen was so frightened by his words that she took two steps back.

"I gave him the position of Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, making him the most noble person in the world, and the only heir to the throne. Naturally, no matter how the world changes in the future, he will be the only Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace. After my death, he will be the only one who can legitimately take the throne. Why is he in such a hurry?"

The queen lowered her head. She didn't expect that the emperor could find out what the prince was thinking.

"The prince returned from the frontier, and he is deeply loved by the Queen Mother. He is also loved by the people because he put down the wars in various places without regard for his own safety. But no matter how great he is, he is just a vassal king. When did they take him, a prince, seriously? They targeted him in every way, and almost took his life last time. I tried my best to protect him, but now the prince has become a murderer who killed his own brother. How could a dignified prince become like this now?"

Although the queen knew that the prince had always been plotting to become king, she never expected him to do such a thing.

"I really didn't know the prince would be like this. I will definitely discipline him and make him do only what he should do."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "I allow you to leave the palace to visit the prince and persuade him. There is a long time to come. Don't rush for the present and lose everything you have now."

"Yes, I understand."

The Queen turned and left, then prepared a carriage and went to the Prince's Mansion.